ACCIONA is involved throughout the project structure: as an investor, sole EPC (turnkey) contractor, and leading and majority partner in operation and maintenance.
Located in the south-west of the country, on the Red Sea coast, the Shuqaiq3 IDAM is one of the largest desalination plants in Saudi Arabia, utilising reverse osmosis technology and with a treatment capacity of 450,000 m³/day. It also features a photovoltaic installation to reduce its specific energy consumption. It supplies water to the Asir and Jizan areas, situated in an extremely arid region near the border with Yemen, with a potential population of 2 million people.
This project, which offers one of the world's most competitive rates for desalinated water, is part of Saudi Arabia's plan to transform and modernise its water industry by renovating its fresh water production facilities, adapting them to modern international quality and efficiency standards.
As part of the project's social outreach measures, in the first few years the consortium will offer academic and practical training to residents of the area in order to nurture the development of water industry professionals in a region so in need of projects of this kind.
General Information
- Location: Al Shuqaiq, Saudi Arabia
- Client: Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC)
- Capacity: 450,000 m³/d
- Type of contract: BOO
- Population: 2,000,000 inhabitants